Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Jesse does Howard

Since Jesse
Leach re-joined Killswitch Engage there’s been reasonable scepticism about how
he would carry the KSE material with former vocalist Howard Jones. The two have
both very distinct vocal styles and Jesse’s approach to the newer material
would be watched with a keen eye. Well, Killswitch have played a few shows now
with Jesse back up front and finally some pro-shot footage is available from
last weekend’s Rock AM Ring festival in Germany. Some clips are streaming on
Roadrunner’s site HERE and you can check out the performance of ‘Rose of
Sharyn’ below, one of Howard’s biggest songs with the band.

The sound
quality from the stage is a little lacking at times, but the vocals from Jesse
sound great. He hasn’t tampered with the song in any way, and sounds like…
well, Jesse. It’s heartening to see him pull off this material so strongly,
approaching another person’s songs with respect.